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Speaker 5: I thought, that's amazing his generosity and his kindness towards me,

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Speaker 5: And you know, it just took my heart and moved it.

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Speaker 5: It made me want to do something even more special

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Speaker 5: always want our children to be kind. We want them

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Speaker 5: but when they actually do it, we're like, praise God.

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Speaker 6: You see.

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Speaker 5: He wants us to do the things that are going

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Speaker 5: it moves him. It moves his hand a blessing.

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Speaker 5: God knows that we are mature enough to be able

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Speaker 6: You see, when we.

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Speaker 5: Say to God, I not only praise you and I

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Speaker 5: by my expression and my actions. You see, there's nothing

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Speaker 5: to be a blessing. We are blessed by Almighty God

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Speaker 5: It's not just good enough, I thank you, but I

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Speaker 6: You know what, God is moved when we do that,

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Speaker 5: But when God, when he blesses you, there's no blessing

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Speaker 5: It says, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice

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Speaker 6: For with such sacrifices, God is pleased. You see.

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Speaker 5: He not only wants us to express our thanks by

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Speaker 5: You know, it's easy to praise God when everything is

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